Who remembers the 'chain letters'

I remember them too. I never responded to any either.

Yes awful things. The ones I got, straight in the rubbish where they belonged , the stress and worry they must have caused some people.

Yes, the tone was definitely threatening, and my DM stepped in too and told me not to believe a word of it.

I actually did it for fun and it had come from bf. However I hardly got any postcards back.it was good practise in that a few years after it escalated to asking you to send £1 coins or something like that - I think it was called pyramid sending. I knew to ignore it but lots were caught out. The first few to start it made money.

There was a friendlier version which involved sharing recipes but I didn't join in that either. Awkward though as the request came from a friend

I did the recipe one but got nothing back.

Yes, I remember something but not the details 🤔

Yes, I don’t think I ever responded, either.

I fell for this trick once against the advice of my family .

There was also one where you sent a paperback book and you would receive a positive library back.
I never took part in any of them but it was rather awkward when it was a close friend who asked.

Oh yes. And the ‘this chain has been going for x number of years, please don’t be the one to break it’ etc.

Talk about guilt tripping!

A woman I worked with did this regularly on FB messenger. I never replied and ended up taking her off my FB because I was fed up of them.

I never kept the chain going, nor do I respond to being asked to share or post things on Facebook.

I remember them I can’t remember if I did respond once or not but it certainly didn’t come to anything and I don’t think I got anything

There was also the one in the 1980s which involved sending money, I think it was about £100, with the promise of receiving many times that amount back.

I always broke the chain. I couldn't be bothered with such rubbish and told all my friends not to send them to me.

I did one once where you were supposed to send new knickers…sent one pair got one pair…fair exchange! Not sure with all the weirdos these days I’d join in!

Yes, I remember them doing the rounds. Never replied to them though

A friendship cake! Got given some batter that you had to “feed”. It fermented… you gave some of the batter to someone else, and baked the rest. Remember it fermenting all over the top of our boiler… yay!

I remember those and also one where you sent a tea towel, and does anyone remember Friendship cake, where your friend gave you a batter that eventually made into rather a nice cake but kind of doubled in size which you then passed on to another friend. I remember keeping it going for ages!

As a teenager, I loved the postcards chains which were doing the rounds in the 1960s. They set me off collecting old postcards. Still have the box somewhere.
Then as a wife, I remember the fermenting cake in the 1970s.
And what about the “Ginger beer” plant? I kept my cutting going until we moved abroad in 1976.
Never saw the “send a £1” one - nor the knickers, thank goodness!

Did the book one and received a few back x so wasn’t out of pocket

Can remember one coming but I just threw it away

Never entertained chain letters or the FB things but have enjoyed a few friendship cakes